# דיסקוס META ... למה?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-meta-why/217776>\
**Category:** Site feedback\
**Created:** [10 בפברואר,‏ 2022,‏ 11:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-meta-why/217776 "2022-02-10T11:27:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Post date:** [10 בפברואר,‏ 2022,‏ 8:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-meta-why/217776/6 "2022-02-10T20:20:18Z")

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I wonder how much people here know the actual meaning of the meta prefix.  
I guess a fair proportion… But who knows?

Also, slightly related:

> [@What do you all call your Discourse forum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-you-all-call-your-discourse-forum/160991/5):
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> And some modern forum engines won’t use “forum” as their community platform subdomain. Examples:  
> [https://meta.discourse.org/](https://meta.discourse.org/)  
> [https://community.nodebb.org/](https://community.nodebb.org/)  
> [https://discuss.flarum.org/](https://discuss.flarum.org/)

[https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-you-all-call-your-discourse-forum/160991/5?u=canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-you-all-call-your-discourse-forum/160991/5)

> [@tobiaseigen](#):
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> Discourse forums originally also all had a `meta` category, for site feedback.

Was the subdomain “meta” as well then?

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